[Winniesboy]

So perhaps they’ll take action now and really put an end to the acceptance of shariah as being equal to English courts and law.

Just as a point of information shariah doesn't have 'equal status' now. Statute and common law always trump shariah in the English courts.

[livius]

Good to know! But according to this article, it does seem in practice that sharia actually does govern in many places (at least Muslim immigrant communities).